You poor thing. My dentist won't prescribe any painkillers stronger than ibroprofen which had no effect at all when I last had painful dental work. If you are in great pain go to the doctor as they will probably prescribe something to tide you over until the pain stops.

I took mine out about 2hours after surgery. I had both upper wisdom teeth removed, and I think I got very lucky- I had quite bad pain on right side for a few weeks but medication otc worked. Aside from that- and getting food lost in my gummy holes for a few weeks (that was downright weird!) I was fine. I was a local anaesthetic I think- I came home and slept, it was best sleep I’d had in ages!

Is it upper or lower, I had upper wisdom out, took the packing out after a couple of hours. Quite painful in first 24hrs then absolutely fine, healed quite quickly after a bit of tooth shrapnel come out! No problems since, actually was very beneficial for me as it used to get infected lots and then infect my sinuses which was really painful and difficult to get rid of. Heard lower wisdom are more painful to remove but I don't have any as they never erupted.

DO NOT USE HEAT IT SPREADS INFECTION. You can use ice to numb the area if it becomes painful. Not too much swishing with salt water. Wash it gently and let it dribble out. Your aim now is to keep hold of the blood clot. After 5 days you can relax!!!

Had an upper one out last year, no problems, back to work (I'm a teacher) within the hour (albeit talking a bit funny, but they were reception, they thought it was fascinating!). Mine healed just fine but echo the no straw thing. Take eating easy for a few days, it's easy to forget once the pain's gone that you're missing a tooth!